Mt. Vernon book event
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- January
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The Mt. Vernon Public Library is promoting a book and author reading next month planned in observance of Black History Month. But the featured book, “First Black Autos,” about American’s first (and possibly only) African-American automobile manufacturer Charles Richard C.R. Patterson, sounds like a fascinating historical tale by a local author and worth reading any month of the year.
C.R. Patterson & Sons produced carriages and horse-drawn vehicles before taking some tries with motor cars, buses and trucks. The book traces Patterson’s rise from slavery (from West Virginia to Ohio) and how “C.R.” and his family made the transitions from blacksmithing to building and repairing horse drawn vehicles then to manufacturing motor vehicles.
Author Henry A. May is a resident of Mt. Vernon and is worked in New York City schools for 30 years before retiring. He is the Vice President of the Mount Vernon Parents & Community Forum On Education .
He is a board member of the Bronx River & Sound Shore branch of the National Audubon Society, according to Trafford Publishing.
The book signing, discussion and reception are free and will take place from 3 to 4 :30 p.m. Feb. 3, in the Grace Green Baker Community Room, Mt. Vernon Public Library, 28 South First Ave.
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